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\"iconYou can also find all our 2014 WordCamp Chicago speakers in one twitter list <\/a>– and don’t forget to follow us @WordCampChicago<\/a>!
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Aaron will be presenting Introduction to IDEs and Debugging<\/a> on Sunday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Aaron’s passions are his wife and two boys, gaming and exercising. He devises brilliant solutions as a Web Engineer at 10up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aaron was the Lead Organizer of WordCamp Chicago in 2013 and founded the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago WordPress Meetup. He has spoken at more over half a dozen WordCamps ranging from WordCamp Milwaukee to WordCamp Providence and loves to teach others the joys of using remarkable tools well. He’s aaronjholbrook<\/a> on twitter and sometimes writes useful things at aaronjholbrook.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAaron Jorbin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Aaron will be presenting Color Theory for Web Developers<\/a> on Saturday in the Design track<\/p>\n

Aaron is a Polyhistoric man of the web. Currently Technical Architect on the Conde Nast Platform Team and a WordPress contributor, he works to improve developer happiness and is dedicated to making internet usable and enjoyable by everyone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlison Barrett\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Alison will be presenting Wireframing Essentials<\/a> on Saturday in the Design track<\/p>\n

Alison has been working with WordPress since 2008. She started out building simple client websites and moved on to developing plugins and theme frameworks. After working at various local agencies in Minneapolis, she is now a senior web engineer at 10up. Alison lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband and their three cats.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Nacin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Nacin is a Lead Developer at WordPress, squashing bugs, wrangling contributions, and spearheading new development. He has strong feelings about the core philosophies of WordPress, among them \u201cdecisions, not options\u201d\u2014 software should be opinionated in lieu of burdening the user with too many options.\u00a0He works for WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg at Audrey Capital, where he is primarily tasked with working on WordPress core and keeping the lights on at WordPress.org. He resides in downtown Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBecky Davis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Becky will be presenting Project Management or How to Herd Cats<\/a> on Sunday in the Business\/Project Management track<\/p>\n

Becky<\/a> is a solopreneur web designer\/developer who specializes in custom themes. She fell in love with WordPress in 2009 and has never looked back. She is a big advocate for training and empowering site owners and to that end speaks regularly on WordPress and web design at SCORE Chicago<\/a> and WordCamps around the country.<\/p>\n

She runs the Northside Chicago WordPress meetup<\/a> and if you’re local expects to see you there soon.
\nHer kids are both out of the house at this point, but she still takes care of the kitties and her landlord’s garden. She is grateful that winter is over and she can once again ride her bike to the grocery store and to meet friends at the bar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen Lobaugh\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ben will be presenting From Zero to WordPress Hero<\/a> on Sunday in the General Interest track<\/p>\n

Adventurous sailor and Seattle WordPress(Camp) organizer, Ben Lobaugh has been working with open source communities for 15-plus years and is an active contributor to the WordPress community. Ben currently works as a Jetpack Engineer with Automattic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Brennen will be presenting passwords: The Weakest Link in WordPress Security<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Brennen is the cofounder and CEO of Clef (getclef.com), a replacement for usernames and passwords online. His focus is on making advanced technology accessible to anyone and applying it to everyday use cases. Clef relies on public key cryptography, a standard which developers and security experts have used for years, but is wrapped in a mobile app that makes logging in faster and easier than ever.<\/p>\n

Brennen and his team launched Clef in June of 2013, and has grown to power logins on more than 2,500 sites around the web. The New York times described logging in with Clef as “”magical”” and has been recommended by security experts around the web. After leading the Petition Against Passwords in 2013, Clef has been at the center of the global conversation about the next generation of online security.<\/p>\n

Active in the WordPress community, Brennen has spoken about security at WordCamps across the country from Phoenix to Buffalo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrent Shepherd\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Brent will be presenting Develop Very Mild Superpowers with Git<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

WordPress is my hobby and my profession.<\/p>\n

I currently work day-and-night on WooCommerce Subscriptions – the most popular 3rd party extension in the official WooCommerce marketplace. Prior to falling in love with WooCommerce, I worked as a WordPress freelancer developer for clients like Stanford University, Designer Fund and the Australian Government.<\/p>\n

I’ve spoken at WordCamp’s in Phoenix, Orlando, Sydney (Australia) and helped co-organise WordCamps in Melbourne and Gold Coast (Australia).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Busche\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Brian is a Chicago-based WordPress developer, starting in 2005 with online communities like camaro.com<\/a>, and various client projects. His background as a coder has landed him jobs at agency.com, Leo Burnett, Digitas, and BBDO.<\/p>\n

Brian founded Rendition Multimedia<\/a> in 1999 as a Web design shop, and currently operates out of the 1871 co-working space<\/a>. He emphasizes the Lean Startup principles to building software, and feels that WordPress is the best tool for the Minimally Viable Product approach to web site design.<\/p>\n

Brian organizes a monthly meetup called \u201cWordPress in the Loop<\/a>\u201d. He is always looking for opportunities to connect with other WordPress people in Chicago, and foster a greater degree of friendship and collaboration within that community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Krogsgard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Brian will be presenting Do Big Things With A Small Team<\/a> on Saturday in the Biz track<\/p>\n

Brian is a Junior Partner at Range<\/a>, a boutique web development and design agency. Range is also a WordPress.com VIP development partner.<\/p>\n

Brian also runs Post Status<\/a>, a blog dedicated to news and resources for WordPress professionals and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

You can follow Brian on Twitter @krogsgard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris will be presenting Are you ready to learn a bit about Pricing<\/a> on Saturday in the Biz track<\/p>\n

For twenty years Chris has been managing high performers and overseeing new product development. He\u2019s a daily blogger, an ebook author, a public speaker and works as the VP of Engineering for Emphasys Software. In his spare time he helps companies leverage WordPress, and WordPress companies find leverage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Beil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Dan will be presenting How NOT to develop (With WordPress)<\/a> on Saturday in the Business\/Project Management track<\/p>\n

Dan has been a theme developer for the past 5 years, specializing in custom WordPress builds to address specific requirements. Recently Dan has joined the Alley Interactive<\/a> team and works remotely from Minneapolis, MN. In his \u2018free\u2019 time he fosters Siberian Huskies and sometimes contributes to opensource WordPress projects on GitHub.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\nDustin Filippini (@dustyf<\/a>) is a Web Engineer with 10up creating and managing websites for clients of all sizes. Dustin started his programming journey in BASIC on his Radio Shack Tandy 1000 computer in grade school and was the computer geek in high school who played pranks on the librarian by installing fake “viruses” on the computers. He first started creating for the web in 1997 learning some HTML and also using high-tech tools like Geocities and FrontPage. Although, he longs for the days of Geocities, he has moved on using WordPress starting in 2005 for a college course. After creating sites using WordPress, other CMSes, and static HTML as a hobby and side job, he eventually took the dive into becoming a full-time developer and found the WordPress Community. Because he feels the WordPress and greater web community has done so much for him, he has given back by contributing to WordPress core and being the lead organizer of WordCamp Milwaukee<\/a> and organizer of the Milwaukee WordPress Meetup<\/a>, Web414<\/a>, and the Milwaukee JavaScript User Group<\/a>. When not staring at a screen, Dustin loves to hang out in his backyard with his wife and two dogs and plant a garden with his 2-year old daughter. He can be found online at dustyf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Stephanis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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George will be presenting Moving your Plugin to GitHub: Trials, Tribulations, and Testing<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

George Stephanis works for Automattic (makers of WordPress.com) as Team Lead for the Jetpack Pit Crew, helping self-hosted WordPress sites take advantage of the WordPress.com cloud. He is also a frequent core contributor to the WordPress open-source project, a community organizer, regularly presents at WordCamps, and guests on podcasts like the WPWatercooler and the WP Girlie Show.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGloria Antonelli\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Gloria will be presenting Information Architecture Strategy Session<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 201 track<\/p>\n

Gloria Antonelli fits the current definition of a UX Unicorn – a web designer\/developer with UX chops. Gloria attended her first UX workshop \u201cElements of User Experience\u201d in 2004. Now an advocate of Lean UX, Gloria infuses her skills in rapid prototyping, front end development, user testing, and ideation within the WordPress design process. Her expertise also spans CSS, IA, Content and Documentation Strategies.<\/p>\n

Gloria started presenting about the web in 1996 at local and national conferences and workshops. She began working with WordPress in 2006 and has been delighted to share her knowledge at WordCamps in Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Milwaukee. Happiness for Gloria besides researching UX trends, Mobile and App development is scuba diving in exotic locations.<\/p>\n

Gloria became the new organizer of the inactive Chicago Suburbs WordPress Meetup Group. Currently she is looking for a new home and more advance focus for the group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGregory Cornelius\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Gregory will be presenting Taking Your JavaScript Further <\/a> on Saturday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Gregory Cornelius is a code wrangler at Automattic and WordPress core contributor. Prior to moving to Boston, Massachusetts, Gregory spent ten years pursuing music degrees at schools in Missouri, Ohio, and Texas.<\/p>\n

Along the way, he discovered that helping folks share their ideas on the web with WordPress was invigorating and has been doing so professionally since 2008.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHeather Acton\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Heather will be presenting Introduction to Custom Theming<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 301 track<\/p>\n

Heather Acton is the founder and lead WordPress developer at Helio Interactive<\/a>, a boutique digital agency in Chicago, IL. She\u2019s passionate about good practices, mentoring others, and drinking craft beer with colleagues and friends.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Hilary will be presenting No Regrets Web Design<\/a> on Saturday in the Design track<\/p>\n

Hilary Fosdal is the founder of Bring Your Own Stuff (byostuff.com). She also serves as the Digital Strategist at the Better Government Association (BGA).<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the BGA, Hilary was the digital managing editor for the Chicago-based Cumulus Radio stations WLS AM and 94.7 FM. She earned her M.A. in journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n

You can follow her @hilaryfosdal and get to know her better online at http:\/\/hilaryfosdal.com.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Wilson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ian will be presenting Understanding WordPress Filters and Actions<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 301 track<\/p>\n

In past lives Ian has been a lead developer, lead designer, and Huffington Post guest blogger (among other things). Currently he runs design & code agency build\/create alongside business partner Eric Lynch.<\/p>\n

As a self taught developer, Ian started using WordPress in 2007, and immediately started looking for ways to better exploit its then more blog-oriented functionality for content management. Since then he has built a business around providing clients with WordPress powered sites that meld design and code into a seamless, intuitive, user experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Jim has been active in the WordPress community since 2008, first as a designer, then as an advocate and a speaker. He brings over 10 years of UX, front end, and visual design expertise to the 10up design team where he current works. Before coming to 10up, Jim worked for various agencies and companies in the Minneapolis area, crafting design solutions for both small businesses and Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJamie Sanchez\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jamie will be presenting Admin as a User Experience: The Quest for Simplicity<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 301 track<\/p>\n

Jamie Sanchez<\/a> is an award-winning graphic designer, front-end developer, and usability advocate in Chicago, IL. She\u2019s been crafting websites for over 12 years, experimenting with WordPress since 2005, and has over 6 years of design and marketing expertise working with clients such as Follett, Holabird and Root, and US Equities. She currently develops websites at Association Management Center.<\/p>\n

Jamie is extremely passionate about community building. She is the founder of AnimeChicago<\/a>, board member of independent game developer community Indie City Collective<\/a>, and proud Chicago Nerd Social Club<\/a> member. Follow @spacedragon<\/a> for nerdy rants and occasional craft beer live tweet tastings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJesse Friedman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jesse will be presenting UX Real-Time Site Personalization<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Jesse Friedman is a veteran WordPress developer. In 2012 he wrote the “Web Designers Guide to WordPress<\/a>.” With years of a experience as a speaker and a Professor at Johnson & Wales University he delivers impactful and educational talks. Currently Jesse is the Director of Innovation at Parka, the creators of BruteProtect.<\/p>\n

Jesse co-organizes local WordPress meetups, and is very active in the community. He works closely with his students and others to share knowledge and bring forth a better future for web design and development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoe Casabona\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Joe will be presenting Responsive Design with WordPress<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Joe Casabona is a web developer, author, and teacher who focuses primarily on WordPress and mobile development. His latest book, Responsive Design with WordPress is out now. He is also a Yankee fan, plays the drums, and enjoys a fine cigar from time to time. You can find him over at casabona.org or on Twitter at @jcasabona.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoe Dolson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Joe will be presenting Accessibility Ready: Theming for a larger audience<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Joe Dolson is a WordPress plug-in developer and accessibility consultant. He\u2019s the author of several popular WordPress plug-ins, including WP to Twitter and My Calendar, and works to promote accessible development with WordPress. He teaches a course at the University of Colorado at Boulder on developing accessibly with WordPress, and works with the WordPress Accessibility task force on the accessibility of WordPress itself.<\/p>\n

Joe has been working in marketing and web development since 2001, providing web consulting and development services to clients in the US and in Europe. Joe writes and speaks regularly on important topics in accessible web development and web standards. Keep up with Joe at Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoel Bronkowski\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Joel is a bit of a WordPress newb but has been thrown in the deep end in helping WooThemes bolster its relationships and partnerships with the many players in the eCommerce space over the past 14 months.<\/p>\n

Joel lived at home in Southern California until he was 23 before he ventured to South Africa on a mission trip, met the love of his life and has lived there ever since.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Havlik\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

First introduced to WordPress in 2005, John Havlik has been an avid WordPress user, theme creator, and plugin author ever since. Among his various plugins is the popular breadcrumb plugin, Breadcrumb NavXT. When not working on his own projects, John helps support the small, 150 user, WordPress community at Weblogs.us. He also helps organize and frequently presents at MSP WordPress User Group meetings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn James Jacoby (JJJ)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

John James will be presenting Multisite and Multi-network<\/a> on Sunday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

BuddyPress, bbPress, BackPress, WordPress, 10up, Automattic, Tall<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJosh Broton\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh will be presenting You Don’t Need jQuery<\/a> on Saturday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Josh spends his days building interactive infographics, cool ways to visualize data, and high performance NodeJS web apps and WordPress themes at Lemonly. There, he fills the roles of both senior developer and curmudgeon.<\/p>\n

He writes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript at Kidblog.org, the world’s largest educational blog network.<\/p>\n

He also helped build the Spring Theme and Sassquatch Sass mixin library with 3themes.<\/p>\n

In his spare time, he works on standing.io, a collection of his favorite conference videos.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJosh Leuze\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh will be presenting Building Your First Widget<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Josh Leuze is a WordPress developer from Minnesota who loves making themes. He is the author of the popular Meteor Slides plugin.<\/p>\n

When not building themes and plugins in his basement, Josh can be found doodling with his kids at the kitchen table, digging in the garden, or pedaling his bike around town.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoshua Alexander\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a> <\/h2>\n

Joshua will be presenting Plugins and Dashboard <\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 101 track<\/p>\n

I own a small development company in the SW Burbs of Chicago that caters to other agencies. We do custom WP work such as theme development, plugins, and modifications for other tech companies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJulie Cameron\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Julie will be presenting Surviving Support: 10 Tips for Saving Your Users and Yourself<\/a> on Sunday in the General Interest track<\/p>\n

Julie Cameron is a frontend developer for Articulate working in the metro-Detroit area. She is the sole developer and support-provider of the open source SlickQuiz plugins for jQuery and WordPress. Julie is a fan of Sassy CSS and modular architecture, responsive web design, and is a student of JavaScript and self-improvement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tK.Adam White\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"Google+<\/a> \"Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n

K. Adam will be presenting Modular JavaScript<\/a> on Saturday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

K.Adam White is a JavaScript engineer at Bocoup, an Open Web technology company located in Boston, MA, where he builds web applications and evangelizes for the web as an open technology platform.<\/p>\n

K.Adam has been a co-organizer of the Boston WordPress meetup since 2012, and has presented on WordPress and front-end development best practices at meetups and WordCamps across the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKelly Dwan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly will be presenting A Walk Around the Loop<\/a> on Saturday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Kelly Dwan is a web developer, plugin author, and all around geek living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She works for 10up as a web engineer, finding elegant technical solutions for enterprise clients. She is a WordPress core contributor as of 3.5 and looks forward to contributing more in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle Maurer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyle will be presenting Shortcode Shenanigans<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 201 track<\/p>\n

I’m the co-founder of and lead developer for Real Big Marketing which is a full service marketing firm based in Jackson, Michigan. I have been developing websites since 2009 and use WordPress every single day.<\/p>\n

I’m a huge WordPress nut and love developing awesome websites and am passionate about creating new plugins.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLisa Ghisolf\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Lisa will be presenting A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future<\/a> on Sunday in the General Interest track<\/p>\n

Lisa Ghisolf is Gizmo Creative Factory, with 17+ years in print, web & email design, and 10 years in business. She\u2019s worked with big and small agencies alike, creating print work and websites for Kraft, Allstate & many corporations & organizations. Instead of just putting out fires, she\u2019s now building robust WordPress sites and training clients and giving workshops on how they can manage them on their own.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLisa Sabin-Wilson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a> <\/h2>\n

Lisa will be presenting Check & Double Check: Internal QA is Vital<\/a> on Sunday in the Business\/Project Management track<\/p>\n

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is the co-owner of WebDevStudios, a design and development company specializing in customized WordPress themes and plugins, and the author of WordPress For Dummies. As the \u201cFor Dummies\u201d brand franchise author on all things WordPress she\u2019s also written several other WordPress-related books. <\/p>\n

She\u2019s worked with WordPress since 2003, and is also a regular public speaker on topics such as WordPress, blogging, design, and social media.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarc Benzakein\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Marc will be presenting There\u2019s No Place Like 127.0.0.1<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 301 track<\/p>\n

Marc Benzakein has been working online since the mid 90s, starting as a Network Administrator for a small, independent ISP in Southern California and has been involved in almost all aspects of technology. In 2009, he started developing in WordPress, first for his own purposes and then for clients. In early 2013, he got involved with ServerPress, LLC, makers of DesktopServer, a local development tool created for WordPress designers and developers.<\/p>\n

Marc lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife, Jessica and two children, Eli (8) and Brenna (4).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMel Choyce\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Mel will be\u00a0presenting\u00a0Getting the Most out of WordPress.com<\/a>\u00a0in the 101 Foundation Friday track.<\/p>\n

Mel is a Design Engineer at Automattic. She loves big type, cold brew coffee, and printmaking.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichele Butcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Michele will be presenting Intro To Jetpack<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 201 track<\/p>\n

Michele is a full time blogger, designer, and all around awesome person. Michele started her love for WordPress back in 2010 when she got her feet wet working with Bit51 as a content creator and support ninja until its merger with iThemes.<\/p>\n

Michele is also the Organizer for the Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup. She is also the newest member of the WP Security Lock team in April of this year. When not in front of a screen, Michele enjoys life with her family and friends.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Schulp\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Michelle is an independent graphic designer based in Chicagoland. She was formally schooled in many aspects of design including print, branding, packaging, etc., with additional education in Psychology and Sociology, all tying together in a love of How To Solve Problems. Lately she has been specializing in WordPress websites, infographics, and high-end presentations for her clients. She is a lover of WordCamps and the WordPress community, a Meetup junkie, @3themes contributor, and WordCamp Chicago lead organizer. Find her work at Marktime Media<\/a>, and her talks\/events\/blogs\/geek-themed artwork at My Name Is Michelle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Mike will be presenting Content Calendars for WordPress: Tips & Tools<\/a> on Sunday in the General Interest track<\/p>\n

Mike Hale<\/a> is a Developer at Copyblogger Media<\/a>. Mike has over 15 years of experience building custom websites and applications. He started working with WordPress in 2010 and specializes in customizing themes, building plugins and migrating existing sites to WordPress using the Genesis Framework. Mike is also the co-organizer of the WordPress Aurora Meetup<\/a> and founder of Twibitz<\/a>. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNick Pelton\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Bio coming soon!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPatrick Rauland\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a> \"Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n

Patrick will be presenting Freemium For the Rest of Us<\/a> on Sunday in the Business\/Project Management track<\/p>\n

Patrick spends most of the work day slicing and dicing code to help WooThemes customers. He develops extensions for Ninja Forms and loves to blog. He also organizes the Appleton WordPress Meetup. Being outside, running, and practicing yoga are some of his favorite activities. His ultimate goal is to figure out a way to code websites while in a headstand.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPete Mall\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Pete is COO and a Partner at Range<\/a>. Based in Silicon Valley, Pete has been weaving magic on the web for the last ten years. He is a veteran open source programmer and a regular core contributor to WordPress. He has experience in building fast, scalable, dynamic solutions in different business environments. Pete is skilled at turning around troubled development projects, and improving the productivity and dependability of the team. You can follow him on Twitter @petemall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRachel Baker\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel will be presenting Put Your Site to REST With WP-API<\/a> on Sunday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Rachel has lead WordPress projects of all shapes and sizes. Including for high-traffic communities and Fortune 500 companies. She is a Senior Strategic Engineer at 10up<\/a> where she pushes the limits of WordPress.<\/p>\n

Rachel is a proud member of the WordPress Community. She is a WordPress Core Contributor and plugin developer. Rachel enjoys teaching and mentoring new developers at her local WordPress Meetup Group<\/a> and Dev Bootcamp<\/a>. She wants to see the WP-API project<\/a>, a JSON-based REST API, rolled into core for WordPress 4.0.<\/p>\n

Rachel lives in Chicago with her wife Yesenia and their three pets. She relaxes by going down a rabbit-hole of Wikipedia articles, listening to podcasts, or drinking beer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Gill\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca will be presenting Solutions Before Development: Creating WordPress Products That Actually Sell<\/a> on Sunday in the Business\/Project Management track<\/p>\n

Rebecca is president and founder of Web Savvy Marketing. With over a decade of experience in internet marketing, she was an early adopter of blogging, SEO and social media. She and her team specialize in creating custom WordPress websites and building stock child themes for the Genesis framework. She has spoken at the University of Toledo, Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University and WordPress MeetUps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRoss Johnson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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“Ross Johnson has been designing websites professionally for over fifteen years. He brings a unique and comprehensive view to design, shaped by a lifelong love for fine arts and his education in technology, business and social science. This diverse background brings insight to all aspects of design including practicality, business implications and psychology of how people interact with computers.<\/p>\n

Ross is a partner at 3.7 DESIGNS<\/a> a WordPress focused design and development agency. He also sells a premium project management plugin for WordPress called Project Panorama<\/a>“<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Hotchkiss\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Bio coming soon!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSara Cannon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Sara will be presenting Do Big Things With A Small Team<\/a> in the Business\/Project Management track with Aaron Campbell, Brian Krogsgard <\/a>and Pete Mall as well as Smart Design: Icon Fonts, SVG, and the Mobile Influence <\/a>in the Design track, both on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sara has a passion for art, design, and typography. She is Partner and Creative Director for Range – A design and development agency specializing in WordPress. Sara is a WordPress contributor, loves open source, her pets, and traveling the world. You can find her on twitter @saracannon or writing on her blog sara-cannon.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is short, art is long, typography is everything, code is poetry.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShanta R. Nathwani\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a> \"Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n

Shanta will be presenting WordPress 101 <\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 101 track<\/p>\n

Shanta R. Nathwani is an IT and Social Media Consultant and an Instructor in Web Design and CCIT Capstone at Sheridan College, which includes teaching WordPress. The ICCIT program is a joint program with the University of Toronto at Mississauga. She teaches students and small businesses how to use their websites and social media to increase their online presence leading to increased revenues and improved customer service. She has assisted companies to incorporate social media in the real estate, financial, non-profit, education and technical fields to name a few.<\/p>\n

Shanta is a problem solver and it has been said she has the patience of a saint. She can explain even the most difficult concepts to the most basic user and has developed training documents that allow clients to learn for themselves. She thrives on understanding the needs of her clients. She believes in making social media as simple as possible and making it fun, which allows her clients to seamlessly incorporate it into their organization.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Zehngut\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve will be presenting Are you ready to learn a bit about Pricing<\/a> on Saturday in the Biz track<\/p>\n

Steve founded Zeek Interactive in 1995 and he has been the creative technologist behind the Huntington Beach based company since its inception. Under his direction, Zeek has grown from an apartment bedroom to one of Southern California\u2019s leading development and consulting shops.<\/p>\n

Steve is the organizer of the OC WordPress Meetup and has helped build the community to over 850 members. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has taught interactive courses at UC Irvine, USC, the American Film Institute, and Cal State Long Beach. Steve has a BA in Film from Cal State Northridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSuzette Franck\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"twitter<\/a> \"facebook<\/a> \"LinkedIn<\/a> \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

Suzette will be presenting WordPress Wizardry Without Code<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 201 track<\/p>\n

Suzette Franck is a WordPress Evangelist at (mt) Media Temple, a Los Angeles-based company providing premium web hosting and cloud services to web designers, web developers, digital innovators and entrepreneurs since 1998. An established member of the WordPress community and one of today\u2019s most prolific female WordPress speakers, Suzette joined Media Temple in 2012 and has, since then, been building on the company\u2019s early involvement with the WordPress and Open Source communities. She advocates and educates for WordPress by actively participating in WordCamp conferences country-wide and WordPress meetups in Southern California.<\/p>\n

As passionate about front-end coding as she is about increasing awareness of the wonders of WordPress, she also co-hosts Media Temple\u2019s weekly educational podcast, WP Unicorn Project (wpunicornproject.com<\/a>), with WordPress Unicorn Rockstar Natalie MacLees, which addresses all things WordPress and web development with a variety of WordPress professionals including designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Suzette blogs about WordPress at suzettefranck.com<\/a>, and she is a repeated guest on the popular WPWatercooler (wpwatercooler.com<\/a>) video podcast (over 5 million views). When she is not \u201cWordPressing\u201d, Suzette, who resides in North Hollywood, CA, paints and collects art.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Tony will be presenting WordPress Security \u2013 It\u2019s All About the Basics<\/a> on Saturday in the Development track<\/p>\n

Tony is one of three co-founders at Sucuri, Inc. \u2014 a website security company specializing in the various online threats that website owners face today. He\u2019s a Marine Corps veteran that has been living in the underbelly of the web for various years. He enjoys speaking in front of crowds and finding ways to engage the crowd on the very serious subject of website security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Tracy will be presenting how to not design like a developer<\/a> on Saturday in the Design track<\/p>\n

Tracy, aka tapps, has been working with WordPress since before it was WordPress… and yes, apps is really her last name (because I know you were wondering). Her formal training is in traditional art and print design, however she first started teaching her self web development in 1996 (back in the heyday of tiled background graphics and animated GIFs). Tracy now owns tracy apps design<\/a>, a web creative company specializing in custom WordPress solutions for clients of all sizes.<\/p>\n

When tracy isn’t working on making the web a more beautiful place, you might find her playing drums\/percussion with various musicians around Milwaukee, or lifting heavy things in CrossFit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Travis will be presenting Designing for Interaction<\/a> on Saturday in the Design track<\/p>\n

Partner and co-owner at Westwerk\/WerkPress, Travis has been driven to build and create wonderful projects on-top of WordPress since version 1.5. In-between working on client work and traveling the country, Travis helps organize and build-up the local, Minneapolis WordPress community through advanced user meet-ups and engagements. Travis enjoys spending his time solving web design challenges \u2014 through design, interaction, and user experience.<\/p>\n

Travis\u2019 passions outside of WordPress are reading non-fiction, making music, traveling, and living a vegetarian\/healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Troy will be presenting 101 Ways to Elevate Yourself and Demand Higher Fees<\/a> on Saturday in the Biz track<\/p>\n

Troy Dean is a WordPress speaker, consultant and coach and is co-founder of Video User Manuals and WP Elevation. Buy him a beer and pick his brain about building a business on WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Yesenia will be presenting Use Google Analytics to Improve Your WordPress Website<\/a> on Sunday in the General Interest track<\/p>\n

Yesenia Sotelo is a web developer and nonprofit nerd. She has been building and growing nonprofit websites since 2001. As the founder of SmartCause Digital<\/a>, she serves as an approachable, expert resource that can answer all your questions about web technology, strategies for online fundraising, data security and anything that could affect your organization\u2019s online presence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Zac will be presenting Why Setting Up Themes is a Niche in Itself, What to Know<\/a> on Friday in the Foundation Friday 201 track<\/p>\n

Zac is the WordPress teacher at Treehouse, an amazing online learning site. Before Treehouse, Zac taught WordPress and web development at the high school and college level. In addition to teaching WordPress, Zac also runs Web Hosting for Students, a hosting company dedicated to students and teachers of the web.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Zach will be presenting Speed as a Feature: Getting a Handle on Page Load Time<\/a> on Sunday in the Advanced Development track<\/p>\n

Residing in Portland, Oregon, Zack longs for the cold, snowy days of his Alaskan youth. He enjoys strumming his guitar, playing hockey, and spending time with his wife and dog. Otherwise, you’ll find him at his computer meticulously spinning lines of clean code as a developer at The Theme Foundry.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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